PHEBUS: A double ultraviolet spectrometer to observe Mercury's exosphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 201-223

  Chassefiere E ^a   Maria, J L ^a   Goutail, J P ^a   Quemerais E ^a,b   Leblanc, F ^a   Okano, S ^c   Yoshikawa, I ^d   Korablev, O ^e   Gnedykh, V ^e   Naletto, G ^f   Nicolosi, P ^f   Pelizzo, M G ^f   Correia, J J ^a   Gallet, S ^a   Hourtoule, C ^a   Mine, P O ^a   Montaron, C ^a   Rouanet, N ^a   Rigal, J B ^a   Muramaki, G ^d   Yoshioka, K ^d   Kozlov, O ^e   Kottsov, V ^e   Moisseev, P ^g   Semena, N ^e   Bertaux, J L ^a   Capria, M Th ^h   Clarke, J ⁱ   Cremonese, G ^j   Delcourt, D ^k   Doressoundiram, A ^l   Erard, S ^l   Gladstone, R ^m   Grande, M ⁿ   Hunten, D ^o   Ip, W ^p   Izmodenov, V ^e,q   Jambon, A ^r   Johnson, R ^s   Kallio, E ^t   Killen, R ^u   Lallement, R ^a   Luhmann, J ^v   Mendillo, M ⁱ   Milillo, A ^w   Palme, H ^x   Potter, A ^y   Sasaki, S ^d   Slater, D ^m   Sprague, A ^o   Stern, A ^m   Yan, N ^a   more..

^a INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g Astron Electronics ^*  (Russian Federation)

^h INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

ⁱ Boston University   (United States)

^j INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^k SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^m SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁿ RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^p NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^q MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^r SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^s UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^t FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^u Bldg 142   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^w INAF   (Italy)

^x UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^y NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

BepiColombo; Exosphere; Mercury; Spectroscopy; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE RANGE; BEPICOLOMBO; COMPACT DESIGNS; COOPERATIVE SCHEMES; DIFFERENT MODES; DOUBLE SPECTROMETER; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLETS; FAR ULTRAVIOLET; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLES; GLOBAL SCALE; IMAGING X-RAY SPECTROMETERS; IONIZED SPECIES; MAGNETOSPHERIC ORBITERS; MERCURY PLANETARY ORBITERS; MERCURY'S EXOSPHERE; MICRO CHANNEL PLATE; NEUTRAL ATMOSPHERE; OFF-AXIS; PHOTON COUNTING METHOD; PHOTON-COUNTING MODE; PLASMA PARTICLES; RELEASE PROCESS; RESISTIVE ANODES; SCANNING SYSTEMS; SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES; SPACE AND TIME; SPECTRUM DETECTION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; ULTRA-VIOLET; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VISIBLE LINES;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; DETECTORS; EXPERIMENTS; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; IMAGE STORAGE TUBES; MAGNETOSPHERE; MERCURY (METAL); PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SODIUM; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 74149084819     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.05.018     Document Type: Article

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